病從口入，禍從口出

See also: 病从口入，祸从口出

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to enter		disaster	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (病從口入，禍從口出)		病	從	口	入	，	禍	從	口	出
simp. (病从口入，祸从口出)		病	从	口	入	，	祸	从	口	出
Literally: “Disease goes in by the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˋ , ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ cung⁴ hau² jap⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˋ , ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chu
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴ tsʻung² kʻou³ ju⁴, huo⁴ tsʻung² kʻou³ chʻu¹
    • Yale: bìng tsúng kǒu rù-, hwò tsúng kǒu chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq tsorng koou ruh, huoh tsorng koou chu
    • Palladius: бин цун коу жу, хо цун коу чу (bin cun kou žu, xo cun kou ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ cung⁴ hau² jap⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹
    • Yale: behng chùhng háu yahp, woh chùhng háu chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ tsung⁴ hau² jap⁹, wo⁶ tsung⁴ hau² tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ cung⁴ heo² yeb⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ heo² cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ jɐp̚² wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

Proverb

病從口入，禍從口出

1. illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness is required in one's diet and speech

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (病從口入，禍從口出):

• → Vietnamese: bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất (病從口入，禍從口出)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
病	從	口	入	禍	從	口	出

Phrase

病從口入，禍從口出

1. chữ Hán form of bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất.